Symptom spotting...

SonyaL9

Hi all,
I'm going crazy with symptom spotting, I don't temp an just go by my body etc therefore I think I'm only approx 5-6 days post ov. Yet I'm stuffy nose, bit crampy, constipated (sorry tmi) every now and then get tiny twinges in my stomach like elastic bands twanging and I'm soo tired but that could be from being stuffy an headachey!
I know it is soo early for symptoms so has anyone experienced all these or similar then had AF as normal? I'm thinking it's my brain playing tricks on me and I can't be pregnant but find myself googling things all time to check if that's a potential symptom! Af is due 6 days time.
Fingers crossed I guess.

LilLambie

I'm 8 dpo and I am feeling your pain. I have so many 'pregnancy' symptoms that I took a pregnancy test this morning which was of cause negative. Af isn't due for another 7 days so this is going to be a long week.

mrsmommya

Unless you are temping there is really no definitive answer for when your period will be coming. Do you have a question? Internet strangers can't tell you if your pregnant. Takr another test in a few days. Good luck

SonyaL9

mrsmommya said:

Unless you are temping there is really no definitive answer for when your period will be coming. Do you have a question? Internet strangers can't tell you if your pregnant. Takr another test in a few days. Good luck

I wasn't asking any strangers to tell me whether I was pregnant, I was just starting a topic for support as I seem to try and match every ailment to potential pregnancy, just wondering if anyone else had had all the symptoms every month an received aunt flow anyways. If I'm not pregnant my period will arrive on the 23rd like clockwork, so again I wasn't asking whether that was coming either. I do know I just need to be patient another few days and time will soon tell me if I am or not.

SonyaL9

Thankyou, the jotting down of symptoms sounds a really good idea then should it happen again (hopefully not for a while) it'll keep me sane for the next cycle!
Fingers crossed.

PeggyOlsonFTW

If you start temping, you'll know how many days post O you are. You can enter your symptoms in the Fertility Friend app and then you'll know how common or not common your symptoms are for your cycle. It can kind of help cut down the crazy.

kmmharrison

I had pregnancy symptoms a week after I got pregnant. I knew I was pregnant, but I had to wait an entire week before it would show up on a pregnancy test. I have some freaky crazy intuition, though.
The next time I ovulated after the mc, I had very similar symptoms. I wanted to be accidentally pregnant so badly that I told myself that's what they were even though in the back of my mind I knew I wasn't. I read that sometimes your mind can tell your body to have pregnancy symptoms even if you aren't pregnant. AF came right on time last month, and I was devastated but not surprised. I just wanted to be pregnant so badly.
So I guess the point of my comment is, I have experienced both. I had symptoms when it was too early to test the past two cycles. Once I was pregnant. Once I wasn't.
I know it's so hard! I hope the next few days go by super fast for you! FX!

ckk8584

For me at least, pregnancy symptoms are the same as AF symptoms which can be very, very frustrating so I tend not to pay attention to them.  Also, I am currently on progesterone cream since I just did an IUI & progesterone can give you a lot of pregnancy symptoms when you're not actually pregnant.

Hang in there hun!  I know it's the worst!